How to Work 1 Hour Per Day and Still Make Money

No tricks. No sleight of hand. Only logic and emotion.

You want to work less, right?

With the right systems and methods in place, you can get down to working one hour per day and still make money. I work two hours per day. And I'll tell you about my system in a moment.

First things first, though.

Ask Yourself a Question

If money was not important, what would you love to do?

Make a list. What would you do today if you didn't need to make money? What would you love to do again tomorrow?

Don't judge yourself.

Just write down anything that comes to mind. And in case nothing comes to mind, then think of what you know. And what other people ask you about.

Once you have your list, it's time for a second question.

Can You Make Money with That?

Surprisingly often, the answer is "yes."

Years ago, I was passionate about using a computer. It was still new to own a computer. And all the things you could do were amazing.

I made money with this passion.

Then I found World of Warcraft. I wasn't a gamer before that time. Only played a little Scrabble...

I made money with that passion, too.

And then I discovered PHP, a programming language you can use to automate homepages with. All for

fun at first, but then... You guessed it.

I made money with that passion, too.

They say that you never work in a day of your life if you make money with your passion. See if that can come true for you, too. It still does for me.

But maybe (hopefully) you're already doing something now that makes you money.

What Are You Doing Now to Make Money?

List everything.

Go through your day mentally, from you wake up in the morning and till you hit the sack again in the evening. What do you do? Which things make you money?

Also, write down how much time you spend on each action and how much money it makes you.

Then add all the amounts together. Find out how many percent each makes you. This is where I was surprised when I made this exercise.

I worked (more or less) from 7 morning and until 5 in the afternoon.

Twitter+LinkedIn 30 minutes
Email 30 minutes
Medium 30 minutes
New products 30 minutes
Reading emails 60 minutes
Reading medium 20 minutes
Reading tweets 20 minutes
Replying emails 15 minutes
Tea/coffee/balcony 30 minutes
Walk Nefnef 60 minutes
Interruptions Telegram 60 minutes
X3 Bar exercises 15 minutes
Procrastination 193 minutes
Writing headlines 7 minutes
Total 600 minutes
Hours 10

That wasn't a pretty sight.

The only actions that made me money were writing emails to my list and creating new products. So 60 minutes in total for those two actions. The rest had to go.

When I do the X3 Bar exercises or walk my dog, it's no longer during working hours.

Those things come after I've finished my one hour workday. Also, I changed things a little, so that I now write emails for 30 minutes, write Medium articles for 30 minutes and create new courses and products for 60 minutes.

That was my choice.

You need to ask yourself a similar question to make your choice. Ask: "Does this align with what I want to do? Can it be done in 1 hour?"

Your Turn to Find Your 1-Hour Money-Maker

Basically, you need only three things to make money online:

An audience
A way to communicate with your audience
A way to monetize your actions

For me, that's Medium to create the audience. It's email to communicate with the audience. And it's my own info products for the monetization.

If you don't create info products, you can use affiliate products instead.

That is other people's products. Products you use and enjoy yourself.

There's a lot more to say about the monetization method, but for now, this is how you narrow down your work day to work only 1 hour per day and still make money.

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